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Lying on Felix's lap, Erifil nodded. "Felix, that monster has its eye on us..."

Eriphile recalled the scene she had seen at sea; the giant sea monster was moving in the direction they were moving.

"No matter what happens, I will definitely protect the young lady."

She defied her oath, saying it was her duty as the battle doll of Elifiel.

Outside the cave, a fierce wind and rain raged, and the true form of the deep-sea monster could be vaguely seen: a giant black octopus. What was unusual was that it now had extended tentacles, like a person walking on stilts in the sea. Countless tentacles were its legs. Outsiders would only find this scene extremely eerie.

The faint light it had just seen had vanished, and having lost its target, it searched everywhere for its whereabouts.

Wuni stood at the cave entrance, using leaves and stones to shield himself from the faint firelight emanating from the cave while observing the giant beast that was walking on the sea.

"A giant octopus..." Wu Ni saw the monster's true form, but still felt something was wrong. She had seen giant octopuses before, but never one so bizarre. Could it be a mutated one?

Soon, the deep-sea behemoth locked onto the small island adrift in the storm, and Wuni's expression turned serious upon seeing this.

"The young lady's current condition prevents me from using any stronger power..."

As a battle puppet, Defiant is one of the ten strongest battle puppets in the Alchemy Alliance, but because her master is Eriphile, she is unable to unleash her full power.

The soul within her body originated from a deceased head maid, thus inheriting the maid's abilities. It was for this reason that the leader of the Alchemy Alliance, who was also Elifiel's father, entrusted the rebellious spirit to his daughter, entrusting her with the care of his daughter.

The figure of the deep-sea behemoth drew ever closer. The small island was utterly insignificant in the face of its massive body. Soon, it reached the top of the island, its tentacles already covering the area around it. Thunder flashed, creating a bizarre scene.

Meanwhile, a dark figure was admiring the scene from mid-air.

"What a wonderful scene..."

The shadowy figure took out a pen and began to draw in the air, depicting a scene of a deep-sea monster and a small island.

"Then, this new painting is now complete..."

With a flick of the pen, a drawing appeared, its style completely identical to the illustration in the book by Elifel.

Suddenly, the dark figure looked up sharply, and a sword light slashed down, splitting the sea below into two with a splash.

"..." The shadowy figure flashed in panic, but after seeing the power of the sword light, he still felt a lingering fear. He looked up but did not see anyone else.

"I'm behind you..."

As the sound rang out, the shadowy figure turned around abruptly. Amidst the lightning and thunder, the figure could be vaguely discerned: dressed in black, with eyes covered by an eye patch, and the aura emanating from him sent chills down the spines of the shadowy figures.

"It's you……"

The shadowy figure recognized the man's identity; in fact, none of the evil gods were unaware of his identity.

"You're an artist, right?"

He asked in the darkness, "Although he has no sword in his hand, no one dares to assume he is empty-handed."

What do you want?

While talking to the night, the shadowy figure manipulated the deep-sea monster to dive into the sea and move towards this location, attempting to use it to hold back the night.

"You only need to answer yes or no..." The darkness had already drawn its sword, aiming at the shadowy figure. The shadowy figure made a decisive move, ordering the deep-sea behemoth to attack.

Suddenly, thousands of tentacles emerged from the sea and rushed towards the darkness. The darkness froze in place, the tentacles trying to trap it like a cage. The shadowy figure also took this opportunity to...

We need to escape.

"Slash through the air..."

boom!

The sword's momentum pierced through the cage of tentacles, severed space, and locked onto the black shadow attempting to escape. Crack!

The shadowy figure suddenly separated, shattering with a crack.

Meanwhile, the deep-sea behemoth was howling in agony because its tentacles had been severed and could not regenerate.

As the sword swept through the darkness, the giant sea monster was split in two. At the same time, the storm at sea stopped, gradually clearing up, the smoke dissipated, and dawn broke.

"The artist is done, who's next?"

Thinking of their next target, the shadowy figure vanished. On the island, the rebellious ones, who had been prepared for battle, breathed a sigh of relief; they were saved…

Chapter 170 Snow Feather: Civil War

Arena

The two members of the Snowfeather Guild were staring at each other when the system unexpectedly arranged for these two guild members to fight each other.

This battle overshadowed all previous ones in terms of hype, because it was a battle between two well-known players from the Snowfeather Guild: one was the nominal strongest player, and the other was the nominal strongest female player...

Although Sugar Quixote and her friends are considered relatively low-ranking members of the Snowfeather Guild, the guild's resources are so strong that their power still surpasses all others. Even if they wanted to make a fortune quietly, it wouldn't work, as everyone is watching them closely.

Before the battle began, Don Quixote bet on herself to lose again. That's right, she bet on herself to lose. Her thinking was that if she lost, she would still have money to comfort herself. If she won, she would be happy. She would get revenge for being forced to do push-ups for several days in a row last time. Money didn't matter.

Did you bet on me to win before you came?

Qin Yu asked a question that was neither polite nor perfunctory, and Don Quixote's face twitched involuntarily.

"Never mind that, I've already prepared for both possibilities!"

Feeling somewhat exasperated at being exposed, Don Quixote prepared for battle, drawing her twin blades as the countdown began.

But this wasn't her planned attack; it was just a decoy. The real killing move was yet to come.

3

2

Qin Yu didn't launch a preemptive attack, which was considered as letting her win.

1

As the countdown ended, Don Quixote leaped forward, and everyone watching thought she was about to charge at Qin Yu. But instead, she suddenly braked, leaned back, and jumped, throwing a flying blade from her sleeve.

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

The flying blade flew towards Qin Yu with lightning speed, and the explosion directly engulfed Qin Yu, who was standing in place. Don Quixote jumped back to avoid the impact of the explosion.

"Die! Die! Die!"

Sugar Quixote began her frenzied attack, throwing out one of the thousands of explosive blades she had bought from the Brotherhood.

The audience was stunned. What happened to the assassins? Why are they throwing out explosive gadgets like that out of nowhere? Are your assassins just gadget monsters?

"..."

The assassin Wushuang, who came to watch the battle, couldn't help but twitch at the sight. He hadn't expected this woman to be even more ruthless than him, hiding so many explosive throwing knives. No wonder the Brotherhood was always out of stock; she had bought them all.

"The Brotherhood's reputation has been damaged, and the Assassin profession's reputation has been damaged..."

Tanghulu and the others couldn't help but sigh. But there was nothing they could do about it. Tang Quixote rarely used this move in battles before, but he had no choice but to use it against an opponent like Qin Yu.

"Hey, how much longer are you going to throw it in that direction?"

Before anyone knew it, Qin Yu had appeared behind Don Quixote. Don Quixote turned around and fired another shot, and Qin Yu disappeared again.

Having used the Shadow Step twice, Qin Yu reappeared behind Don Quixote, "Behind you..."

If Qin Yu had attacked, Don Quixote would have died countless times already. This attack method is full of flaws. It would be more interesting if she fought him normally.

Don Quixote turned around and fired again, boom!

Qin Yu stood still and caught the impact of the exploding flying blade. Such things were useless against Qin Yu, who was protected by the Sword Guardian. They could bully those below level 5, but they were difficult to fight above that level. Everyone above level 6 would have corresponding countermeasures.

"The earth cracked..."

With a swing of his sword, a trench appeared in the ground and flew towards Don Quixote. Don Quixote hurriedly dodged Qin Yu's attack, and then retaliated with another explosive flying blade.

Ding!

This time, Qin Yu used a deflection technique, deflecting all the explosive flying blades back, letting Don Quixote experience what it's like to be blown up.

boom!

The impact of the explosion sent Sugar Quixote flying, and he looked quite disheveled.

"Shadow Kill!"

At this moment, Don Quixote finally used his assassin skills, disappearing into the shadows and moving at high speed toward Qin Yu.

Whoosh! The dark figure that had disappeared into the ground leaped out from behind Qin Yu, and Don Quixote lunged at Qin Yu.

clang!

Qin Yu didn't even turn his head; his sword directly blocked Don Quixote's attack.

"Shadow Killing Formation!"

Don Quixote created several shadows that surrounded Qin Yu. Don Quixote blended into one of them, and one shadow attacked Qin Yu, followed by a second and a third, with increasing speed. Qin Yu, who was at the very center of the shadow killing array, could no longer escape.

clang!clang!clang!

The sounds of clashing swords rang out continuously. It has to be said that Don Quixote's move was really powerful; most people couldn't withstand it.

When Assassin Wushuang saw Don Quixote use this skill, his face twisted in disbelief. He thought Don Quixote only knew how to use props, but it turned out that he had learned such an advanced skill. It seems that he can't fall behind either.

The final blow was delivered by the spellcaster herself. Clang! Swords clashed, and Bloodthorn and Sugar Quixote's twin swords were locked in a stalemate. Her attack had been completely blocked by Qin Yu.

"Tang, stop. If you keep hitting her, it will become domestic violence."

"No way! The spirit of esports is all about never giving up!"

"There's nothing we can do about it then..."

Qin Yu pushed Sugar Quixote away. If the reward for this event wasn't so important, Qin Yu would definitely have conceded defeat and let Sugar Quixote win. But in order to go to the Blackfire Kingdom, he had to go all out.

"Reverse Fire Cuts Off the Flow..."

This is Qin Yu's sword technique that combines the Water Cut and Fire Reversal moves, continuing the two swift attacks and achieving a 1+1>2 effect.

The sword flashed, and Don Quixote didn't even have time to react before losing the battle.

The outcome is decided!

Qin Yu won again. He stepped forward and reached out his hand. After glancing at her, Don Quixote also reached out her hand. Qin Yu then pulled her up.

"I'm sorry, but there's no way I'm going to let you win," Qin Yu said.

"I'll only be unhappy if you let me win..." Don Quixote replied with his arms crossed. As a player, the most humiliating thing is for the opponent to look down on you and let you win. Even if you win, you will feel very frustrated.